Chía (goddess), the Glossary
The goddess Chía (from the Chibcha language "the one who is like the moon"), is a triple lunar deity in the religion of the Muisca who inhabited the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in pre-Columbian times.[1]
Table of Contents
20 relations: Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Bogotá, Chandra, Chía, Cundinamarca, Chibcha language, Chiminigagua, Devana, List of lunar deities, Luna (goddess), Lunar deity, Lunar eclipse, Máni, Moon Temple (Chía), Muisca, Muisca religion, Muisca rulers, Pre-Columbian era, Selene, Solar deity, Sué.
- Muisca goddesses
- Pre-Columbian mythology and religion
- Triple goddesses
Altiplano Cundiboyacense
The Altiplano Cundiboyacense is a high plateau located in the Eastern Cordillera of the Colombian Andes covering parts of the departments of Cundinamarca and Boyacá.
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Bogotá
Bogotá (also), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá during the Spanish Colonial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital and largest city of Colombia, and one of the largest cities in the world.
Chandra
Chandra (shining' or 'moon), also known as Soma (सोम), is the Hindu god of the Moon, and is associated with the night, plants and vegetation.
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Chía, Cundinamarca
Chía is a city and municipality in the department of Cundinamarca in Colombia, located 10 km north of Bogotá on the main road to Zipaquira.
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Chibcha language
Chibcha, Mosca, Muisca, Muysca (*/ˈmɨska/ *), or Muysca de Bogotá is a language spoken by the Muisca people of the Muisca Confederation, one of the many indigenous cultures of the Americas.
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Chiminigagua
Chiminigagua, Chiminichagua or Chimichagua was the supreme being, omnipotent god and creator of the world in the religion of the Muisca. Chía (goddess) and Chiminigagua are pre-Columbian mythology and religion.
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Devana
Devana (Dziewanna, Dzewana), Zevana (Ziewanna), less often Zievonya (Ziewonja, Zewonia) is the goddess of wild nature, forests, hunting and the moon worshiped by the Western Slavs.
List of lunar deities
A lunar deity is a deity who represents the Moon, or an aspect of it.
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Luna (goddess)
In Sabine and ancient Roman religion and myth, Luna is the divine embodiment of the Moon (Latin Lūna). She is often presented as the female complement of the Sun, Sol, conceived of as a god. Chía (goddess) and Luna (goddess) are lunar goddesses.
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Lunar deity
A lunar deity or moon deity is a deity who represents the Moon, or an aspect of it. Chía (goddess) and lunar deity are lunar goddesses.
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Lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened.
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Máni
Máni (Old Norse:; "Moon"Orchard (1997:109).) is the Moon personified in Germanic mythology.
Moon Temple (Chía)
The Moon Temple of Chía was a temple constructed by the Muisca as a place of worship for their Moon goddess Chía.
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Muisca
The Muisca (also called Chibcha) are an indigenous people and culture of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia, that formed the Muisca Confederation before the Spanish conquest.
Muisca religion
Muisca religion describes the religion of the Muisca who inhabited the central highlands of the Colombian Andes before the Spanish conquest of the Muisca.
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Muisca rulers
When the Spanish arrived in the central Colombian highlands, the region was organized into the Muisca Confederation, which had two rulers; the Zipa was the ruler of the southern part and based in Muyquytá.
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Pre-Columbian era
In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era, also known as the pre-contact era, spans from the original peopling of the Americas in the Upper Paleolithic to European colonization, which began with Christopher Columbus's voyage of 1492.
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Selene
In ancient Greek mythology and religion, Selene (Σελήνη, meaning "Moon")A Greek–English Lexicon. Chía (goddess) and Selene are lunar goddesses.
Solar deity
A solar deity or sun deity is a deity who represents the Sun or an aspect thereof.
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Sué
Sué, Xué, Sua, Zuhe or Suhé was the god of the Sun in the religion of the Muisca. Chía (goddess) and Sué are pre-Columbian mythology and religion.
See also
Muisca goddesses
- Bachué
- Chía (goddess)
- Huitaca (goddess)
Pre-Columbian mythology and religion
- Aztec mythology
- Bachué
- Bochica
- Chía (goddess)
- Chaná mythology
- Chaquén
- Chibafruime
- Chibchacum
- Chilote mythology
- Chiminigagua
- El Dorado
- Guahaioque
- Guaraní mythology
- Guarani mythology
- Idacansás
- Inca mythology
- Mapuche mythology
- Maya mythology
- Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of North America
- Nencatacoa
- Olmec religion
- Pacanchique
- Purépecha religion
- Selk'nam mythology
- Sué
- Thomagata
Triple goddesses
- Brigid
- Chía (goddess)
- Charites
- Chicomecōātl
- Fates
- Fatia
- Hecate
- Horae
- Les Lavandières
- Matres and Matronae
- Moirai
- Norns
- Ora (mythology)
- Parcae
- Samsin Halmeoni
- The Morrígan
- Tridevi
- Triple Goddess (Neopaganism)
- Ursitoare
- Xulsigiae
- Zana (mythology)
- Zorya
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chía_(goddess)
Also known as Chía goddess.